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| Summary: | ALSA cs46xx driver - capture (recording) does not work | ||
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| Product: | [openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1 | Reporter: | Michael Stather <kontakt> |
| Component: | Sound | Assignee: | Jaroslav Kysela <perex> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | QA Contact: | E-mail List <qa-bugs> |
| Severity: | Normal | ||
| Priority: | P5 - None | CC: | tiwai |
| Version: | Alpha 1 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | Other | ||
| OS: | Other | ||
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| Found By: | Other | Services Priority: | |
| Business Priority: | Blocker: | --- | |
| Marketing QA Status: | --- | IT Deployment: | --- |
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Description
Michael Stather
2005-10-18 15:54:48 UTC
Try skype with aoss wrapper, at first, instead of kernel oss emulation. I tested it and it doesn´t print the "problem with the audio device" any more, but I hear nothing, not even my partner. I just tested that skype works in windows so it´s not a problem with my NAT. The problem is Skype using OSS API, which requires the exclusive device access. You cannot use any other things at the same time. But, before debugging the oss stuff, please check whether you can record the signals properly. Try "arecord -vv foo.wav". If you get only silence, it's likely a problem of mixer configuration. Start alsamixer, push [F4] to change to capture view mode, and choose "Capture", turn it on with space key, and raise the capture volume via up/down key. Also, don't forget to choose the right capture source "Mic" with space key. I tested this: arecord -vv -d 1 foo.wav for recording only 1 second of sound and all I get is: Recording WAVE 'foo.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono Plug PCM: Rate conversion PCM (48000, sformat=U8) Its setup is: stream : CAPTURE access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : U8 subformat : STD channels : 1 rate : 8000 exact rate : 8000 (8000/1) msbits : 8 buffer_size : 1365 period_size : 85 period_time : 10666 tick_time : 0 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 85 xfer_align : 85 start_threshold : 1 stop_threshold : 1365 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 178913280 Slave: Route conversion PCM (sformat=S16_LE) Transformation table: 0 <- 0*0,5 + 1*0,5 Its setup is: stream : CAPTURE access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : U8 subformat : STD channels : 1 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 8 buffer_size : 8192 period_size : 512 period_time : 10666 tick_time : 0 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 512 xfer_align : 512 start_threshold : 6 stop_threshold : 8192 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 1073741824 Slave: Direct Stream Mixing PCM Its setup is: stream : CAPTURE access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 8192 period_size : 512 period_time : 10666 tick_time : 0 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 512 xfer_align : 512 start_threshold : 6 stop_threshold : 8192 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 1073741824 Hardware PCM card 0 'Sound Fusion CS46xx' device 0 subdevice 0 Its setup is: stream : CAPTURE access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 2 rate : 48000 exact rate : 48000 (48000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 8192 period_size : 512 period_time : 10666 tick_time : 4000 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 512 xfer_align : 512 start_threshold : 1 stop_threshold : 1073741824 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 1073741824 Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% Max peak (85 samples): 00000 (0x0000) # 0% the program won´t terminate after 1 second but hang there forever until I kill it. The resulting file is not playable. Perhaps there´s something wrong with the recording support. About OSS, I thought the ALSA OSS emulation makes me able to use OSS programs beside ALSA ones. Or is there also "either OSS or ALSA" at the same time? Your mixer configuration is probably wrong. Select 'mic' source for capture (press space in alsamixer for example). Also you might enable MIC boost. Show us the output from 'amixer scontents' to get more hints what's wrong. The mixer settings werre like you described. amixer still hangs and produces no valid wavfile. Here is the output of amixer: michael@r098088:~> amixer scontents Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 63 Mono: Front Left: Playback 63 [100%] [on] Front Right: Playback 63 [100%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 63 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [off] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Center',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 15 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Depth',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 15 Mono: 0 [0%] Simple mixer control '3D Control - Switch',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Simple mixer control 'PCM Out Path & Mute',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'pre 3D' 'post 3D' Item0: 'pre 3D' Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 24 [77%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 21 [68%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 21 [68%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 21 [68%] [on] Front Left: Capture [on] Front Right: Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Input',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Output',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [on] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 0 [0%] [on] Front Right: Capture 0 [0%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mix Mono',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'ADC',0 Capabilities: volume cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 32767 Front Left: 32767 [100%] Capture [off] Front Right: 32767 [100%] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Caller ID',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'DAC',0 Capabilities: volume cswitch cswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: 0 - 32767 Front Left: 32767 [100%] Capture [off] Front Right: 32767 [100%] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Duplicate Front',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'Off-hook',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Also unmute 'Mic Boost (+20dB)' switch. Could you try command 'aplay -Dplughw:0 -vv -d 1 foo.wav' ? Sorry, the command should be 'arecord -Dplughw:0 -vv -d 1 foo.wav', of course. I tried it and I can hear my voice through the headphones (even when I´m not recording) but the output is quiet. I´ve set the record source to mic and enabled the mic boost. asound doesn´t hang though but terminates after one second. Also, raise the Capture Volume (amixer set Capture 75% on) and try again the last test. I set it to 100% and still I can´t record something. Please, attach output from 'amixer contents' after you set the mixer to all settings as I've described. Here is the output. BTW I switched back to 10.0 final (the alpha didn´t work properly at all) but the problem is exact the same here. numid=1,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=2,iface=MIXER,name='Master Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=63,step=0 : values=43,43 numid=3,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=4,iface=MIXER,name='Headphone Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=63,step=0 : values=43,43 numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Center' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0 : values=0 numid=22,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Depth' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=1,min=0,max=15,step=0 : values=0 numid=20,iface=MIXER,name='3D Control - Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Out Path & Mute' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw---,values=1,items=2 ; Item #0 'pre 3D' ; Item #1 'post 3D' : values=0 numid=14,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=20,20 numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Line Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=24,24 numid=10,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='CD Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=20,20 numid=7,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Boost (+20dB)' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=5,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=6,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=1,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=31 numid=12,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Playback Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Aux Playback Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=31,step=0 : values=0,0 numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=32767,step=0 : values=32767,32767 numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=16,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Source' ; type=ENUMERATED,access=rw---,values=2,items=8 ; Item #0 'Mic' ; Item #1 'CD' ; Item #2 'Video' ; Item #3 'Aux' ; Item #4 'Line' ; Item #5 'Mix' ; Item #6 'Mix Mono' ; Item #7 'Phone' : values=0,0 numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=on numid=18,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=15,step=0 : values=15,15 numid=30,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Input Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=29,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Output Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='Caller ID Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=28,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='DAC Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=32767,step=0 : values=32767,32767 numid=34,iface=MIXER,name='Duplicate Front' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=23,iface=MIXER,name='Off-hook Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off numid=31,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 Playback Default',device=2 ; type=IEC958,access=rw---,values=1 : values=? numid=32,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 Playback Mask',device=2 ; type=IEC958,access=r----,values=1 : values=? numid=33,iface=PCM,name='IEC958 Playback PCM Stream',device=2 ; type=IEC958,access=rw---,values=1 : values=? numid=27,iface=MIXER,name='ADC Capture Switch' ; type=BOOLEAN,access=rw---,values=1 : values=off This should be probably on, too. Recording works now but the quality is so bad that I can hardly recognize my voice in the recordings. Is this normal behaviour? Try to play with all mixer settings related to capture (lower volume values for capture). If you set volumes too high, you'll get clipping. This bug is related to: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=233 and also to: https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=464 The original reported problem has been fixed (mixer settings). |